At least 54 Iraqis
were killed or found dead and 31 were wounded in the latest violence. An incident
involving U.S. troops killing a family in Iskandariya was reported. Also, an attack
in Suleiman Bek left a number of civilians wounded. A Briton and two GIs were
killed in separate incidents as well.

U.S.
forces stormed a home in Iskandariya. They killed
seven members of the same family, including women and children, they believed
to be members of a militia, then they demolished the home. Twelve
residents were killed in a clash that followed the operation. The U.S. army
has yet to comment on the incident.

U.S. troops killed
seven suspects and arrested 12 more, including what may be a senior al-Qaeda
member, in Mussayab. Combined U.S.-Iraqi forces killed
ten suspects and arrested 16 during operations in Baquba. Iraqi police
and army troops arrested
54 suspects in Mosul.

Also, 150 families were displaced
after clashes in Baghdad's Washash neighborhood earlier this week. On the heels
of that event, the Red Crescent released
a report estimating that two million Iraqis have moved within the country to avoid
violence since the U.S. invasion; the figure does not include another two million
who have left the country. The number of refugees into Syria increased recently
as the country threatened
to clampdown on immigration.